Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?"
Ella Andrews 4Aa
September 11, 2013
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Hi, my name is Santa, my friend Ella wanted me to tell you what she is going to do. In the future, I will go to space and discover aliens, I will learn about them, I will tell them about earth, and I will ask if they will visit me sometime. I love imagining things that might or might not happen!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Run Challenge
Creativity through Collaboration
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The Tempe-Team Movie
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult? Ella Andrews 4AaDiscovery Center / LibraryCatapult ResearchJanuary 2014 A catapult is a weapon used before guns and cannons. The soldiers tightened the rope by winding the winch. This caused the cords to twist. If I were to build a catapult, I would use a spoon, cardboard, buttons, string, and bendable metal.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Ella Andrews 4Aa
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Reflection
February 2014 We made a catapult based off of my idea. We all decided that we would try my idea and it worked, so we started to write some of the materials we would use. Finally, we came up with a great idea that would shoot really far. Our team chose my idea because we thought it would work. Together we make the best catapult ever.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Ella Andrews 4Aa Discovery Center / Library Catapult Reflection February 2014 We made the catapult by pulling back a rubber band, but then decided we should pull it back with our hands. From our tests we should have made something that could hold the catapult in place while we started to pull back. We are going to retape it for the competition and try to pull it far back while others hold it down.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
Ella Andrews 4Aa
September 11, 2013
Avatar Paragraph
Hi, my name is Santa, my friend Ella wanted me to tell you what she is going to do. In the future, I will go to space and discover aliens, I will learn about them, I will tell them about earth, and I will ask if they will visit me sometime. I love imagining things that might or might not happen!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Run Challenge
Team Banner
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
Ella Andrews 4AaDiscovery Center / LibraryCatapult ResearchJanuary 2014
A catapult is a weapon used before guns and cannons. The soldiers tightened the rope by winding the winch. This caused the cords to twist. If I were to build a catapult, I would use a spoon, cardboard, buttons, string, and bendable metal.
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Ella Andrews 4Aa
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
We made a catapult based off of my idea. We all decided that we would try my idea and it worked, so we started to write some of the materials we would use. Finally, we came up with a great idea that would shoot really far. Our team chose my idea because we thought it would work. Together we make the best catapult ever.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Ella Andrews 4Aa
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
We made the catapult by pulling back a rubber band, but then decided we should pull it back with our hands. From our tests we should have made something that could hold the catapult in place while we started to pull back. We are going to retape it for the competition and try to pull it far back while others hold it down.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Competition Day
Project [Problem] Based Learning ...